Condiment-holder



A. 0. ROBERTS.

CONDIMENT HOLDER..

A Pmlcmon man ocr. so. ma.

Patented Nov. 25, 1919.

,Y n gvwahtoz ewro'mw rie ALBERT 0. ROBERTS, OF NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA.

CONDIIVIENT-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 25, 1919.

Application filed October 30, 1918. Serial No. 260,320.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, ALBERT OsBoRNn Ronn'rs, a citizen of the United States, re-

siding at Newport News, in the county of lVarwitk and State of Virginia, have invented cert-ain new and useful lmprovements in Condiment-Holdersg and l do hereby declare the following to be a'full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in condiment holders, having means for conveniently dispensing salt and other granular articles in a uniform flow.

An important object of this inventionris to provide a condiment holder of the character described, comprising a cylindrical container having a spiral conveyer arranged therein, said spiral conveyer being adapted to be rotated for the purpose of feeding the salt through the perforated top closure in a highly convenient and expeditious manner.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described, which is of highly vsimplified construction, few in parts, cheap to manufactureY and desirable in use.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described, which by virtue of its extreme simplicity and desirability in use, will meet with commercial favor in a highly crowded art.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the courseA of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a condiment holder embodied in my invention,

.Fig 2 is a plan view of the same,

Fig.' 3 is a central vertical section through the same, and,

Fig. fl is a bottom plan view of a spiral conveyer supporting disk embodied in the invention.

In the drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designates a cylindrical container, which in manufacture is preferably of aluminum. The upper portion of the cylindrical container 5 is provided with left hand screw threads 6, engaging a screw threaded annular flange 7, carried by a closure disk or cap 8. The closure cap 8 is provided with apertures 9 adapted for dispensing the salt or other granular articles. As clearly shown in Fig. 3, a spiral conveyer 10 is disposed within the kcontainer 5 and extends for its length and width thereof. Secured to the bottom portion of the conveyer 10 is a disk 10. rlhe disk 10 is supported within the container 5 upon an annular fiange 11, carried by the bottom por tion of the container 5. The inner and outer surfaces of the annular iange 11 are ground smooth for a purpose to be hereinafter more fully described. The outer side of the disk 10 is provided with a reduced extension 11 disposed between the sidesV of the annular fiange 11, as clearly shown in Fig. 8. Y

A bottom closure 12 is provided with an annular upstanding flange 18 extending over the side of the co'ntainen. The bottom closure 12 is provided with an axially arranged opening 15, receiving a machine screw 16.V As clearly shown in Fig. 3, the screw 16 extends through the disk 10 and into an enlargement 17, formed in the lower portion of the spiral disk 10 and partakes of threaded engagement therewith. The inner side of the bottom closure 12 is provided with radially disposed alining tongues 14k extending into radially disposed grooves lA, formed in the reduced extension 11 of 'the disklO. A head 18 is provided for the screw 16.

The bottom closure 12 is provided with vertically disposed serrations 19 on its outer surface to afford a good grip in rotating the bottom closure.

In assemblingd my improved condiment holder, it will be apparent that the spiral conveyer 10 is inserted within the container 5 through the top thereof. The bottom closure 12 is now properly positioned to aline the tongues 14 with the grooves 14K, and the screw 16 engaged in the enlargement 17,

thus securing the bottom closure l2 to the spiral conveyer. By virtue ofthe finished inner and outer surface of the annular flange 11, the free rotation ofthe closure 12 and the spiral conveyer 10 is permitted. In the use of my improved condiment holder, the bottom closure 12 is rotated, thus rotating the spliral conveyer and dispensing the salt or ot er granular article in a uniform Aof parts,

flow. ln dispensing the salt, the natural motion to give the bottom closure 12 would be in a clockwise direction, and thus the necessity of the lefthand screw threads for the cap 8.

While I have shown and changes in arrangement and construction as will remain within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims. Y

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

l. A condinient holder comprising a cylindrical body portion, a perforated top closure for said body portion, said top having threaded connection with said body. portion,V the screw threads extending in an anti-clock-V wise direction, a.r spiral conveyer disposed within the body portion, and a bottom closure having connectionwitli said spiral conveyer and adapted-to be rotated in a clockwise direction. f v

2. A condiment holder comprising a cylindrical container having aperforated top, a spiral conveyer arranged within the cylindrical container, means to retain the VconV veyer Within the cylindrical container, a cylindrical disk connected to the bottomof p said conveyer, a bottom closure, and'means connecting saidrbottom closure and said disk whereby upon the rotation of said bottom closure said conveyer is rotated. i

3. A device of the character described comprising, a cylindrical container having described preferred embodiment of my invention, it is understood that I may ,make such minorv a perforated top; an annular flange secured to the bottom portion ofthe container; a disk arranged Within the container and co'n tacting with the annular flange; a spiral conveyer arranged within the container and secured to said disk; a bottom closure; and tongues carried by the inner side of said conveyer disposed within the container andsecured to saidL disk; a Vreduced extension Y secured to the outer side of said disk and dis? posed between the sides Vof' saidv annular flange, said reduced extension having fradially disposed sure; tongues carriedvbyqthe innervside of' the bottom closure and extending` into said grooves; and a screw extending through Vsaid bottom closure and engaging said disk and spiral conveyer; said bottom closure being` adapted to be rotated to rotate the spiral conveyer.

In testimony whereof ll afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses. I Y

Y ALBERT ROBERTS.

Witnesses: i Y Y R. W. READ,

W. H. HoRNseY,

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